Fitness to Practice Concern Reports
Dear General Medical Council,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) to request the following information:
How many fitness to practice concern reports have been denied an investigation by your triage team over the past year where the allegations, if proven, would amount to an impairment of fitness to practise.
I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the Act.
Regards
Mr Wiess
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Dear Mr Wiess,
Your information request - F19/10311/ME
Thank you for your email dated 7 August, in which you ask for the number
of fitness to practice concern reports that have been denied an
investigation by our triage team over the past year where the allegations,
if proven, would amount to an impairment of fitness to practise.
How we will consider your request
You’ve asked that we consider your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond,
but we’ll come back to you as soon as we can.
Who to contact
Mark Ellen will be handling your request. If you have any questions you
can call him on 0161 923 6347 or email him at [1][email address].
Yours sincerely
Lauren Barrowcliffe
Information Access Team Assistant
[2][email address]
0161 240 8356
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Dear Mr Wiess
Reference: IAT/ME/F19/10311
Thank you for your e-mail, below.
Having reviewed the cases that you refer to, I can confirm that for all of
the 97 triages (that were closed with a decision of ‘5 year rule) for
2018, that you refer to, the Registrar had already decided that each one
was capable of amounting to an allegation that the doctor’s fitness to
practise was impaired.
Please note, this is distinct from your query about ‘the allegations, if
proven, would amount to impairment….’ We would have no way of knowing
which of the 97, if proven, would actually have amounted to impairment;
only that each was capable of being.
I hope that this is of some help to you.
Kind regards
Mark Ellen
Mark Ellen
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester M3 3AW
Direct Line: 0161 923 6347
Dear Mr Ellen,
Please confirm how many fitness to practice concern reports have been denied an investigation by your triage team over the past year, other by reason of the 5 year rule, where the allegations, if proven, would amount to an impairment of fitness to practise.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Wiess
Dear Mr Wiess,
Your information request - F19/10361/ME
Thank you for your email dated 5 September, in which you ask for the
number of fitness to practice concern reports which have been denied an
investigation over the past year, other by reason of the 5 year rule,
where the allegations, if proven, would amount to an impairment of fitness
to practise.
How we will consider your request
We’re going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Who to contact
Mark Ellen will be handling your request. If you have any questions you
can call him on 0161 923 6347 or email him at [1][email address].
Yours sincerely
Lauren Barrowcliffe
Information Access Team Assistant
[2][email address]
0161 240 8356
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Dear Mr Wiess
Reference: IAT/ME/F19/10361
Thank you for your e-mail of 5 September 2019.
On the GMC website there is a Data Explorer tool which you can use to
search for a wide range of registration and fitness to practise
information. The fitness to practise information includes a comprehensive
breakdown of the outcome of all complaints over the last few years. Those
figures, together with those given in our previous responses to your
requests, provide the information you are now asking about.
Here is a link to the Data Explorer tool:
[1]https://data.gmc-uk.org/gmcdata/home/#/r...
I hope that this information is helpful to you.
Kind regards
Mark
Mark Ellen
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester M3 3AW
Direct Line: 0161 923 6347
Dear General Medical Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of General Medical Council's handling of my FOI request 'Fitness to Practice Concern Reports'.
Whilst the link provided suggests a significant amount of cases have been closed at the triage stage, there is no information as to why the case was closed nor whether the respective allegations, if proven, would have amounted to an impairment of fitness to practise. As such, I do not consider my request has been fully and properly addressed.
Again, please set out how many fitness to practice concern reports have been denied an investigation by your triage team over the past year where the allegations, if proven, would amount to an impairment of fitness to practise.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/f...
Yours faithfully,
Mr Wiess
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little longer during busy periods.
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Thank you
Information access team
General Medical Council
Email: [GMC request email]
Telephone: 0161 923 6365
Working with doctors Working for patients
The General Medical Council helps to protect patients and improve medical
education and practice in the UK by setting standards for students and
doctors. We support them in achieving (and exceeding) those standards, and
take action when they are not met.
Dear Mr Wiess,
Thank you for your email dated 7 October.
We will be considering your email under our comments and complaints
procedure. This sets a target response time of 20 working days. We will
endeavour to respond to you within this timeframe.
Julian Graves will be handling your request. If you have any questions you
can call him on 0161 923 6351 or email him at [1][email address].
Yours sincerely
Lauren Barrowcliffe
Information Access Team Assistant
[2][email address]
0161 240 8356
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Dear Mr Wiess
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for an internal review. Please accept my apologies for the long delay in responding to you.
Yours sincerely
Elizabeth Hiley
Information Access Manager
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street, Manchester, M3 3AW
Telephone: 0161 923 6314
Email: [email address]
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